diff --git a/datasophon-api/pom.xml b/datasophon-api/pom.xml
index 36f9e774..02b8cbd4 100644
--- a/datasophon-api/pom.xml
+++ b/datasophon-api/pom.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,15 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>db/**</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/datasophon-api/src/main/resources/datasophon-api.sh b/datasophon-api/src/main/resources/datasophon-api.sh
index d4bb0390..a6d85d18 100644
--- a/datasophon-api/src/main/resources/datasophon-api.sh
+++ b/datasophon-api/src/main/resources/datasophon-api.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ pid=$DDH_PID_DIR/$command.pid
 cd $DDH_HOME
 
 if [ "$command" = "api" ]; then
-  LOG_FILE="-Dlogging.config=classpath:logback-api.xml -Dspring.profiles.active=api"
   CLASS=com.datasophon.api.DDHApplicationServer
   JMX="-javaagent:$DDH_HOME/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-0.16.1.jar=8586:$DDH_HOME/jmx/jmx_exporter_config.yaml"
   HEAP_OPTS="-Xms1g -Xmx1g -Xmn512m"
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ case $startStop in
 
     echo starting $command, logging to $log
 
-    exec_command="$LOG_FILE $DDH_OPTS -classpath $DDH_CONF_DIR:$DDH_LIB_JARS $CLASS"
+    exec_command="$DDH_OPTS -classpath $DDH_CONF_DIR:$DDH_LIB_JARS $CLASS"
 
     echo "nohup $JAVA $exec_command > $log 2>&1 &"
     nohup $JAVA $exec_command > $log 2>&1 &
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ case $startStop in
       fi
       echo starting $command, logging to $log
 
-      exec_command="$LOG_FILE $DDH_OPTS -classpath $DDH_CONF_DIR:$DDH_LIB_JARS $CLASS"
+      exec_command="$DDH_OPTS -classpath $DDH_CONF_DIR:$DDH_LIB_JARS $CLASS"
 
       echo "nohup $JAVA $exec_command > $log 2>&1 &"
       nohup $JAVA $exec_command > $log 2>&1 &
diff --git a/datasophon-dao/pom.xml b/datasophon-dao/pom.xml
index d4eb408b..8ec25774 100644
--- a/datasophon-dao/pom.xml
+++ b/datasophon-dao/pom.xml
@@ -73,4 +73,18 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>mapper/**</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
 </project>